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Port Security – Threats and Vulnerabilities

About This Webinar

Ports are the lifeblood of the global economy. Around 80 per cent of global trade by volume and over 70 per cent of global trade by value is carried by sea and is handled by ports worldwide. Ports collectively carry an incredibly high throughput of goods and passengers year-on-year.

They are also de facto border crossings, serving as nodal points for the intersection of maritime transport of goods and people to rail and road networks. But their importance makes them targets and their volume of traffic in and out makes them vulnerable, both as targets themselves and as a points of entry for illicit goods, drugs, human trafficking, terrorists and weapons, including WMD’s.

Ports are probably one of the most complex border environments, requiring co-operation between, port authorities and operators, ship and cruise operators, coastguards, border guards, immigration officials, national police and transport police.

This webinar will discuss how we can maintain the free movement of goods and people, whilst ensuring the highest level of security.

Who can view: Everyone
Webinar Price: Free
Featured Presenters
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Editor Border Security Report / World Security Report
Editor of World Security Report, Border Security Report and Director of the World Border Security Congress
Webinar hosting presenter
Manager of Port Security, New York and New Jersey Port Authority
Mr. Mike Edgerton is the Manager of Port Security for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Mike is responsible for the Port Authority’s seaport security program, including information and cyber security as well as compliance with the Maritime Transportation Security Act and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program. Prior to joining the Port Authority, Mike worked in the private sector and has extensive experience with physical and cyber security in international port, maritime, and supply chain security, working on over 50 countries, including support to a number of commercial and governmental clients in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Mike spent 9 years based in the Middle East as a Principal for a UAE-based security consultancy.

A retired military officer with service in both the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy, Mike has specialized in maritime and port security and intelligence for over 35 years. While assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, he served as a Coast Guard representative on the Interagency Commission on Crime and Security in U.S. Seaports. Mike is a Chartered Security Professional (CSyP), a board-certified security manager (CPP) through ASIS International, a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) through ISACA, and a Fellow of the UK’s Security Institute.

He is the author of the book, “A Practitioner’s Guide to Effective Maritime and Port Security”, published by Wiley and Sons and has a book chapter addressing sustainability and maritime security recently published in the recently published book, “Sustainability ion the Maritime Domain: Towards Ocean Governance and Beyond”, published by Springer. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Bucknell University, a Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence from the Defense Intelligence Agency’s National Intelligence University and is a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College.
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